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Attitudes About Addiction: A National Study Of Addiction Educators, Angela D. Broadus, Joyce A. Hartje, Nancy A. Roget, Kristy L. Cahoon, Samantha S. Clinkinbeard Nov 2010

Attitudes About Addiction: A National Study Of Addiction Educators, Angela D. Broadus, Joyce A. Hartje, Nancy A. Roget, Kristy L. Cahoon, Samantha S. Clinkinbeard

Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

The following study, funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), utilized the Addiction Belief Inventory (ABI; Luke, Ribisl, Walton, & Davidson, 2002) to examine addiction attitudes in a national sample of U.S. college/university faculty teaching addiction-specific courses (n = 215). Results suggest that addiction educators view substance abuse as a coping mechanism rather than a moral failure, and are ambivalent about calling substance abuse or addiction a disease. Most do not support individual efficacy toward recovery, the ability to control use, or social use after treatment. Modifiers of addiction educator attitudes include level of college education; teaching …

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November 30, 2010, Faculty Senate Nov 2010

November 30, 2010, Faculty Senate

Minutes

No abstract provided.

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Countering Home-Grown Terrorists In Australia: An Overview Of Legislation, Policy And Actors Since 2001, Michael G. Crowley Nov 2010

Countering Home-Grown Terrorists In Australia: An Overview Of Legislation, Policy And Actors Since 2001, Michael G. Crowley

Australian Counter Terrorism Conference

This article explores the impact of counter-terrorism legislation and policy in Australia. In particular it explores how legislation facilitated prosecution and conviction of persons involved in home-grown terrorism, including analysis of investigation and prosecution policy surrounding the ul-Haque and Haneef cases. Particular attention is given to the terrorism trials involving Benbrika & Ors and Elomar & Ors. What makes these trials intriguing is the fact that most of those convicted could be more easily described as more vulnerable than menacing. Sentencing of those convicted was cognate with no policies for rehabilitation. The small number of convictions under the legislation when …

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Hearts And Minds, Psuedo Gangs And Counter Insurgency: Based Upon Experiences From Previous Campaigns In Kenya (1952-60), Malaya (1948-60) & Rhodesia (1964-1979), Bill Bailey Nov 2010

Hearts And Minds, Psuedo Gangs And Counter Insurgency: Based Upon Experiences From Previous Campaigns In Kenya (1952-60), Malaya (1948-60) & Rhodesia (1964-1979), Bill Bailey

Australian Counter Terrorism Conference

Pseudo gangs form the steely side of Hearts and Minds and were used with great effect in counter-insurgency campaigns in Kenya (1952-60) Malaya (1948-60) and Rhodesia (1964-1979). Although the use of pseudo gangs was not new to counter-insurgency tactics, with the British using a similar tactic in the Boer war (1899-1902), the use of such gangs was certainly perfected during these later campaigns producing good results. The Kenya Police Special Branch re-instigated this concept, developing its use during the ‘Emergency’. The principal concept was to ‘turn’ or co-opt insurgents through a series of inducements to change sides and join the …

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Organisational Resilience: A Propositional Study To Understand And Identify The Essential Concepts, Bruce Braes, David Brooks Nov 2010

Organisational Resilience: A Propositional Study To Understand And Identify The Essential Concepts, Bruce Braes, David Brooks

Australian Security and Intelligence Conference

Increased exposure to turmoil has raised business, social and governmental concerns over the ability of organisations to anticipate and respond positively to disruptions. Organisations are spending increased sums of money to raise levels of security; however, Organisational Resilience is a vague, multidisciplined and diverse philosophy, requiring a multiplicity of skills and knowledge that reaches far beyond security alone. The resilience domain is still developing and expanding; however, early embodiments of Organisational Resilience, originating in the United Kingdom and the United States, were nothing more than a rebranding of business continuity management strategies, put together as a ‘resilience processes’, or ‘resilience …

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Assessing Vulnerabilities Of Biometric Readers Using An Applied Defeat Evaluation Methodology, David Brooks Nov 2010

Assessing Vulnerabilities Of Biometric Readers Using An Applied Defeat Evaluation Methodology, David Brooks

Australian Security and Intelligence Conference

Access control systems using biometric identification readers are becoming common within critical infrastructure and other high security applications. There is a perception that biometric, due to their ability to identify and validate the user, are more secure. However, biometric systems are vulnerable to many categories of attack vectors and there has been restricted research into such defeat vulnerabilities. This study expands on a past article (Brooks, 2009) that presented a defeat evaluation methodology applied to high-security biometric readers. The defeat methodology is represented, but applied to both fingerprint and back-of-hand biometric readers. Defeat evaluation included both physical and technical integrity …

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National Security: A Propositional Study To Develop Resilience Indicators As An Aid To Personnel Vetting, David Brooks, Jeff Corkill, Julie-Ann Pooley, Lynne Cohen, Cath Ferguson, Craig Harmes Nov 2010

National Security: A Propositional Study To Develop Resilience Indicators As An Aid To Personnel Vetting, David Brooks, Jeff Corkill, Julie-Ann Pooley, Lynne Cohen, Cath Ferguson, Craig Harmes

Australian Security and Intelligence Conference

Within the National Security domain there is a convergence of security responsibility across the national security agencies, law enforcement and private security sectors. The sensitivity of this environment requires individuals operating in the domain to be honest, trustworthy and loyal. Personnel vetting is a formal process used to determine an individual’s suitability for access to this domain. Notwithstanding this process, significant breaches of trust, security, and corruption still occur. In psychology, resilience is a well researched phenomenon that is considered a multidimensional construct where individual attributes, family aspects and social environment interact in aiding individuals to deal with vulnerability. There …

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Terrorism In Australia: A Psychometric Study Into The Western Australian Public Perception Of Terrorism, Richard Sargent, David J. Brooks Nov 2010

Terrorism In Australia: A Psychometric Study Into The Western Australian Public Perception Of Terrorism, Richard Sargent, David J. Brooks

Australian Security and Intelligence Conference

Terrorism is not a new concept, as historically terrorist organisations have used the threat of violence or actual violence to generate fear in individuals, organisations and governments alike. Fear is a weapon and is used to gain political, ideological or religious objectives. Past terrorist attacks have raised concerns around the world, as governments ensured that their anti-terrorism security strategies are adequate. Domestically, Australia upgraded its capacity to respond to terrorism events through security enhancements across many areas and with new initiatives such as the 2002 public counter terrorism campaign. Nevertheless, there has been restricted research into how terrorist events have …

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Felixia M. Rosales '11 Honored With A Scholarly Excellence In Equity And Diversity Award, University Relations Nov 2010

Felixia M. Rosales '11 Honored With A Scholarly Excellence In Equity And Diversity Award, University Relations

Campus News Archive

Chancellor Jacqueline Johnson served as speaker for the Universitywide Office of Equity and Diversity awards event.

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Influence Operations: Action And Attitude, William Hutchinson Nov 2010

Influence Operations: Action And Attitude, William Hutchinson

Australian Information Warfare and Security Conference

This paper investigates the relationships between attitudes, behaviour and influence. The major objective of influence operations is predominantly to exert soft power and in doing this there is an assumption that it will change attitudes. It is assumed that by changing attitudes favourable to the influencer that behaviours will be changed. However, this is a problematic assumption. Influence operations whose messages seem to contradict the real behaviour of the influencer tends to nullify the message; and, in fact, might reinforce the attitudes and behaviours of the foe and begin to alienate friends. Messages should be based on a credible reality; …

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Information Leakage Through Online Social Networking: Opening The Doorway For Advanced Persistence Threats, Nurul Nuha Abdul Molok, Shanton Chang, Atif Ahmad Nov 2010

Information Leakage Through Online Social Networking: Opening The Doorway For Advanced Persistence Threats, Nurul Nuha Abdul Molok, Shanton Chang, Atif Ahmad

Australian Information Security Management Conference

The explosion of online social networking (OSN) in recent years has caused damages to organisations due to leakage of information by their employees. Employees’ social networking behaviour, whether accidental or intentional, provides an opportunity for advanced persistent threats (APT) attackers to realise their social engineering techniques and undetectable zero-day exploits. APT attackers use a spear-phishing method that targeted on key employees of victim organisations through social media in order to conduct reconnaissance and theft of confidential proprietary information. This conceptual paper posits OSN as the most challenging channel of information leakage and provides an explanation about the underlying factors of …

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Daily Eastern News: November 30, 2010, Eastern Illinois University Nov 2010

Daily Eastern News: November 30, 2010, Eastern Illinois University

November

No abstract provided.

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The Constitutional Right To Informational Privacy: Nasa V. Nelson, Russell T. Gorkin Nov 2010

The Constitutional Right To Informational Privacy: Nasa V. Nelson, Russell T. Gorkin

Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar

No abstract provided.

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Review: Disillusionment With Radical Social Groups, Kira J. Harris Nov 2010

Review: Disillusionment With Radical Social Groups, Kira J. Harris

Australian Counter Terrorism Conference

Disengagement from radical social groups is a complex process initiated by the experience of a crisis, or disillusionment causing a re-evaluation of involvement. This paper provides a review of the experiences that hinder group involvement and increases the likelihood of disengagement. Utilising the categorisation by Klandersman (2005) and Demant et al. (2008a), the factors are discussed under the themes of normative, affective, and continuance. Normative factors rely on the ideological premise to ensure membership is viewed as a moral obligation, while the affective factors incorporate the social and organisational aspects facilitating emotional attachment to the group, and continuance factors are …

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The New Hampshire, Vol. 100 [101], No. 22 (Nov. 30, 2010), The New Hampshire Nov 2010

The New Hampshire, Vol. 100 [101], No. 22 (Nov. 30, 2010), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 100, but it is the 101st volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

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State V Carter Clerk's Record Dckt. 38038 Nov 2010

State V Carter Clerk's Record Dckt. 38038

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

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International Relations And Cyber Attacks: Official And Unofficial Discourse, Kay Hearn, Patricia A H Williams, Rachel J. Mahncke Nov 2010

International Relations And Cyber Attacks: Official And Unofficial Discourse, Kay Hearn, Patricia A H Williams, Rachel J. Mahncke

Australian Information Warfare and Security Conference

The potential for cyberwarfare is vast and is of concern to all nations, and national security defence. It appears that many countries are actively trying to protect their computer networks, whilst looking for ways that might bring down the networks of other countries, although this is not officially acknowledged. Bringing down another nations computer networks could give the attacking national intelligence and control. These kinds of interactions are now a part of the way in which international relations are played out, and the internet is also a place in which international relations are contested. As such the internet plays a …

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Information Warfare: Time For A Redefinition, Patricia A H Williams Nov 2010

Information Warfare: Time For A Redefinition, Patricia A H Williams

Australian Information Warfare and Security Conference

Information warfare has become an increasingly diverse field. The changes to its composition have been primarily driven by changes in technology and the resulting increased access to information. Further, it has been the progressively more diverse methods available for communication that has fuelled expanding applications for information warfare techniques into non-military environments. In order for younger generations of students to understand the place of information warfare in the larger security picture, there is a need to shift the emphasis from many of the military underpinnings to its relevance in modern society and the challenges in the commercial environment. This paper …

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Evaluation Of Relate Using Rasch Analysis, Keitaro Yoshida Nov 2010

Evaluation Of Relate Using Rasch Analysis, Keitaro Yoshida

Theses and Dissertations

The importance of valid and reliable couple assessment has been increasing with growth in research on couple and family relationships as well as in therapeutic and educational interventions for couples and families. However, self-report instruments–the most popular type of couple assessment–have been criticized at least partly due to limitations in Classical Test Theory (CTT) which has been used solely in developing and evaluating couple assessments for decades. In an effort to address the limitations in the sole use of CTT in developing self-report couple assessments, the present study integrated a modern test theory called Item Response Theory (IRT) and evaluated …

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Class Notes, Georgia Southern University Nov 2010

Class Notes, Georgia Southern University

Arts & Humanities: News & Publications (2009-2023)

Excerpt: "As we close out the month of November, I hope that everyone had a happy Thanksgiving holiday. I am also pleased to announce that Dr. Larry Griffin will be joining the College as professor, CLASS research scholar, and director of American Studies starting in January 2011. Dr. Griffin will hold academic appointments in History and Sociology & Anthropology where he will teach, serve, and conduct cross-disciplinary research. Dr. Griffin is an internationally-recognized sociologist and previously held the John Shelton Reed Distinguished Professorship in Sociology (with joint appointment in History) at the University of North Carolina."

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Vera Elaine Al-Sabur Nov 2010

Vera Elaine Al-Sabur

African American Funeral Programs

Vera Elaine Al-Sabur had two funeral services.

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Investigating Parents' Of Immigrant Origins Perceptions, Expectations And Experiences With American Educational Communities, Mary Jo Palmer Nov 2010

Investigating Parents' Of Immigrant Origins Perceptions, Expectations And Experiences With American Educational Communities, Mary Jo Palmer

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The purpose of this qualitative study is to investigate parents of Latino origins' perceptions of educational environments in preschool programs in the US by examining individual experiences, expectations and socio-cultural understanding regarding American educational systems. Thisstudy consist of five female parents of Latino origin with children enrolled in a child care programat a midsouthern US, urban community college. Across the eight-week data collection period, the parents participated in a series of activities to communicate their perceptions and experiences with North American educational institutions. primary methods of collecting data includeda sequence ofinterviews, field observations recorded in a journal, parents' photo representations …

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America's P.R.I.D.E.: Entertainment Education As A Health Communication Intervention Strategy For Middle School And High School Students, Elizabeth Stephens Nov 2010

America's P.R.I.D.E.: Entertainment Education As A Health Communication Intervention Strategy For Middle School And High School Students, Elizabeth Stephens

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The purpose of this dissertation research was to study the ways that members of the P.R.I.D.E. club at Houston High School in Germantown, Tennessee used entertainment-education communication strategies in their presentations and the interpersonal persuasive strategies members used when talking with peers about substance abuse. Participants in this study were members of the P.R.I.D.E. club and ranged in age from 14-years-old to 18-years-old. My research questions examined how P.R.I.D.E. incorporated constructs of entertainment-education (emotional involvement, identification with characters, self-efficacy, perceived realism, and fear appeals) into their presentations to persuade peers to abstain from using alcohol, tobacco, and drugs, and examined …

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The Current Volume 21 : Issue 15, Nova Southeastern University Nov 2010

The Current Volume 21 : Issue 15, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

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The Statesman, V. 54, I. 14, Stony Brook University Nov 2010

The Statesman, V. 54, I. 14, Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 54, i. 14

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The Utah Statesman, November 29, 2010, Utah State University Nov 2010

The Utah Statesman, November 29, 2010, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

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Iconic Semantics In Phonology: A Corpus Study Of Japanese Mimetics, Joshua Marrinor Caldwell Nov 2010

Iconic Semantics In Phonology: A Corpus Study Of Japanese Mimetics, Joshua Marrinor Caldwell

Theses and Dissertations

Recent research on Japanese mimetics examines which part of speech the mimetic occurs as. An individual mimetic can appear as a noun, an adjective, an adverb, or a verb (Tsujimura & Deguchi 2007, 340). It is assumed by many scholars that mimetic words essentially function as adverbs (Inose 2007, 98). Few data-based studies exist that quantify the relative frequency of mimetic words in different word categories. Akita (2009) and Caldwell (2009a) have performed small scale or preliminary studies of this aspect of Japanese mimetics. The use of mimetics in other grammatical function categories has been attributed to the polysemous nature …

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 75, November 29, 2010 Nov 2010

Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 75, November 29, 2010

Central Florida Future

GRE improvement underway; The Sugar Connection; Prof. finds inmates feign mental illness; Video games help students stay active.

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Colorful Musings, Kerin Mcbride Nov 2010

Colorful Musings, Kerin Mcbride

Theses and Dissertations

I explore the use of color and texture to create mood and drama. I typically focus on landscape images, in which I can convey a sense of whimsy, mystery, community, or solitude. I use non-naturalistic colors and stylize the objects in my paintings but they are still identifiable as landscapes. My color choices, combined with the abstracted landscapes, urges the viewer to look at the world around them in new ways. I use a variety of materials to create my work including oil, acrylics, art papers, fabrics, miscellaneous fibers, and found objects. The tools I use include brushes, painting knives, …

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Dkefs Performance As A Measure Of Executive Dysfunction In Adult Adhd, Thad Q. Lloyd Nov 2010

Dkefs Performance As A Measure Of Executive Dysfunction In Adult Adhd, Thad Q. Lloyd

Theses and Dissertations

The evidence suggesting Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has neurodevelopmental roots with specific impairment in executive functioning continues to grow. However, no known study to date has explored the relationship between adult males with a diagnosis of ADHD and performance on a measure of executive functioning, the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (DKEFS). The current investigation attempted to explore (1) whether adult males with ADHD show an overall pattern of executive dysfunction as measured by the DKEFS, (2) potential group differences on both level-of-performance and process-oriented measure scores, and (3) the clinical utility of the DKEFS in diagnosing ADHD in adult males. A …

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